I was shopping in Walmart Friday evening, when I found they now have the Sixth edition of EG's "Familly Feud," game.
The contents have been re-done. It now contains ONE folding board divided into different sections for the main game play, the "Fast Money," round, and a section for scoring purposes. Below are two links--the first is the USA version's game box; the second shows the board from the Australian version (from Imagination), to give you an idea as to how the board is designed. EG's board has different background graphics, and is smaller in size, since the box itself is smaller than Imagination's.
https://a248.e.akamai.net/media.zulily.com/images/cache/product/452x1000//215602/zu36726827_main_tm1485207074.jpghttps://www.gamesmen.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/a/family_feud_board_game_australian_edition_1_.jpgEG's version retains the booklet of survey questions and answers, and instead of having a "Strike Indicator," and "X" cards, you just mark an "X" on the board when necessary.
A new addition to the game are two "Face Off," button cards, which let you sort of re-create the fun of trying to hit the buzzer during the Face Off, like on the show.
The game play is now identical to that of Imagination's version, as well as the Disney and Platinum versions from Cardinal Industries, except that when playing "Fast Money," a player is told to "Try Again," if repeating the opposing player's answer (In the other versions, you're told to "try again," if you give an answer that didn't make the survey.)
I have a couple of "pet-peeves." First EG's new version, and the others mentioned, all refer the main game rounds as "Face Off," rounds, which I've always known to be just the portion where determining the family/team/player gets control of the question. The second is still calling the end game "Fast Money," since the games don't use any money (real or play money), and don't even refer any money at all in the rules anymore. Oh, well--not so much disappointing as those who still refer to TPIR's "Showcase" as "Showcase Showdown."
